Urban Transit Systems Are Adding Riders (Mostly)
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Passengers returned to Washington D.C. and New York this year while ridership in L.A. and Chicago kept falling.
South Central Bike Clubs Mark 7th Anniversary of Hit-and-Run that Killed Benjamín Torres
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The family of Benjamín Torres - who was killed in a hit-and-run on October 10, 2012 - and their supporters gathered in Gardena in a bid to keep his memory alive.
Less Driving, More Electrics Will Reduce Emissions
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People need to live and work radically differently if the United States can even hope to get halfway towards becoming carbon neutral by 2050, but a new paper released last month says the most important change would come in how we get around.
Today’s Headlines
|- Every bus in this country deserves its own lane (Curbed)
- Eight ideas for reining in the fossil fuel industry (The Guardian)
- Scooters are coming back to San Francisco streets (SF Chronicle)
- A few chosen safe streets advocacy organizations to get access to mobility data (Spin)
- She fights for the climate, but that giant carbon footprint…. (San Diego Union Tribune)
- The North 710 is really, really dead (Pasadena Star-News)
- Honolulu removed crosswalks, banned text-walking – and doubled the rate of pedestrian deaths (Honolulu Civil Beat)
- Top speed limit of 20 mph made Edinburgh a better place (Scotsman)
- Using redlining maps to rectify housing inequalities isn’t good enough (Brookings)
- The immigrants Trump denounces have helped revive the cities he scorns (New York Times)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
Reflections on the Untokening Convening
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What does mobility justice mean?
Councilmember Bonin Introduces Motion to Maximize Expo Signal Priority
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Los Angeles City Councilmember Mike Bonin's motion should result in better speed and reliability for the Metro Expo Line.
Here’s Why McConnell Is Wrong on the Gas Tax
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has already signaled that he will oppose significantly altering the gas tax, which is currently 18.3 cents per gallon. He should relent. Here's why.
Greta in Denver: ‘Older Generations Are Failing Us’
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"We all need to do the seemingly impossible,” said 16-year-old activist Greta Thunberg at a climate strike in Denver today.
Today’s Headlines
|- Governor vetoed the Complete Streets bill. SF Chronicle reports Senator Wiener is unhappy about it, but he’s far from the only one
- Journalists fume about gas tax “bait-and-switch” – but they’re getting it wrong (LA Times, Santa Clarita Signal)
- Amtrak adds service between L.A., San Diego (10News, M&C)
- Hundreds of former EPA employees urge Congressional investigation into Trump actions on vehicle emissions (Reuters)
- People are buying the wrong kinds of cars (Sacramento Business Journal)
- The rich won’t escape climate change (Quartz)
- Although they get more help trying (New York Times)
- Will new housing laws spur a backyard building boom? (Curbed)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
Editorial: Mayor Garcetti, Time to Get Serious About the Climate Crisis
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Ten ways that Mayor Garcetti can show Angelenos that he is taking the climate crisis seriously
Call to Action: For a Better Market Street
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Tuesday is the big vote at SFMTA to get private cars off of San Francisco's main thoroughfare. Advocates want all hands on deck.